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Sunday 11 December 2022
Theotokos Prayer Group 2022 - Third Sunday of Advent 11 December 2022
Gospel Matthew 11:2-11
'A greater than John the Baptist has never been seen'
John in his prison had heard what Christ was doing and he sent his disciples to ask him, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or have we got to wait for someone else?’ Jesus answered, ‘Go back and tell John what you hear and see; the blind see again, and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised to life and the Good News is proclaimed to the poor; and happy is the man who does not lose faith in me.’
As the messengers were leaving, Jesus began to talk to the people about John: ‘What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the breeze? No? Then what did you go out to see? A man wearing fine clothes? Oh no, those who wear fine clothes are to be found in palaces. Then what did you go out for? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet: he is the one of whom scripture says:
‘Look, I am going to send my messenger before you;
he will prepare your way before you.
‘I tell you solemnly, of all the children born of women, a greater than John the Baptist has never been seen; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is.’
Lord, sustain our faith in you, the Redeemer and Saviour, worker of miracles.
Picture
Picture of many people walking towards mountain upon which was the Holy Temple of the Lord. Jesus was at the doorway with His arms wide open in welcome.
People were streaming towards the Great Light from within and around the Temple and the Light emanating from His Most Sacred Heart.
The people were struggling to get to the Light but Blessed Mother joined them, she seemed to know that a huge obstacle would appear. The people struggled on till they found the narrow pass was blocked by huge stones and falling debris, Our Blessed Mother drew her Children to Her Immaculate Heart for safety and many beings appeared who rolled the stones away making the pass clear. Blessed Mother then led Her children through the debris on to her Son Jesus where there was so much Joy and Peace and utter Thankfulness to be with her Son.
Not one soul that appealed to her Immaculate Heart was lost.
“My little one’s in any difficulty, ask for my succour and prayers, I will always lead you to my Son’s Heart.
my little ones if you ask for my prayers for others, I will always respond, for there is nothing I want more than to lead souls to the refuge of my Son Jesus’ Heart.
My little ones problems seem insurmountable but I assure you if you pray, the lapsed, the fallen even the most hardened, the atheist will receive graces and come to my Son.
My little ones there is nothing my Son desires than souls to be safe with Him, and so I ask you to pray, pray, pray till it becomes like breathing in and breathing out.
Mary"
Intercessions
Come, Lord, and save us!
Lord we pray for the lost ,the fallen and the hard of heart, we pray for our families and friends, we pray for the Church and the World.
Come, Lord, and save us!
Pray for healing for Peter, Mia, Jackie, Nathan, Jessica, Alan Guile, David, Derek and Malcolm.
Pray for all who are grieving give them strength, consolation and healing.
Pray for our Priests and for vocations to the Priesthood.
Pray for lost souls.
Pray for the conversion of the World.
Lord we continue to pray for Peace in Ukraine and throughout the World.
Lord we pray for persecuted Christians throughout the World.
Lord we pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit on all peoples and nations.
Pray for the Holy Souls in Purgatory may they be granted eternal rest.
Mary, Mother of God, Theotokos, pray for us.
Mary Queen of Peace, pray for us.
Mary, Bride of the Spirit, pray for us.
If anyone has any prophecy, prayers, readings or intercessions I encourage you to please send them to me. Let us share with one another the gifts and inspirations of the Spirit!
Resources
1.Theotokos Prayer Group:
https://www.facebook.com/Theotokos-Prayer-Group-142398089120415
/http://theotokosprayergroup.blogspot.co.uk/
2. Daily Mass readings can be found at:
https://universalis.com/mass.htm
3. Bishops Conference of England and Wales Website -
https://www.cbcew.org.uk
4. Diocese of Hexham & Newcastle Website:
Home - Diocese of Hexham & Newcastle (diocesehn.org.uk)
5. Catholic Charismatic Renewal in England:
http://www.ccr.org.uk/
6. Catholic Charismatic Renewal International
https://www.charis.international/en/home/
7. Celebrate Conference Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/Celebratecommunity/
Events
Next meeting of Theotokos Prayer Group is on 13th December 2022.
Meet at St Mary's Presbytery, Major Street, Stockton on Tees at 7.30PM. All welcome
Sunday 4 December 2022
Theotokos Prayer Group 2022 - Second Sunday of Advent - 4 December 2022
Gospel
Matthew 3:1-12
The one who follows me will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire
In due course John the Baptist appeared; he preached in the wilderness of Judaea and this was his message: ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand.’ This was the man the prophet Isaiah spoke of when he said:
A voice cries in the wilderness:
Prepare a way for the Lord,
make his paths straight.
This man John wore a garment made of camel-hair with a leather belt round his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. Then Jerusalem and all Judaea and the whole Jordan district made their way to him, and as they were baptised by him in the river Jordan they confessed their sins. But when he saw a number of Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism he said to them, ‘Brood of vipers, who warned you to fly from the retribution that is coming? But if you are repentant, produce the appropriate fruit, and do not presume to tell yourselves, “We have Abraham for our father,” because, I tell you, God can raise children for Abraham from these stones. Even now the axe is laid to the roots of the trees, so that any tree which fails to produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown on the fire. I baptise you in water for repentance, but the one who follows me is more powerful than I am, and I am not fit to carry his sandals; he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing-fan is in his hand; he will clear his threshing-floor and gather his wheat into the barn; but the chaff he will burn in a fire that will never go out.’
O Lord we repent of our sins, prepare us for the coming of the Kingdom.
O Lord we desire to follow you.
O Lord baptise us with the fire of your Holy Spirit.
Intercessions
Pray for healing for Stephen, Peter, Mia, Jackie, Nathan, Jessica, Alan Guile, David, Derek and Malcolm.
Pray for all who are grieving give them strength, consolation and healing.
Pray for our Priests and for vocations to the Priesthood.
Pray for lost souls.
Pray for the conversion of the World.
Lord we continue to pray for Peace in Ukraine and throughout the World.
Lord we pray for persecuted Christians throughout the World.
Lord we pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit on all peoples and nations.
Pray for the Holy Souls in Purgatory may they be granted eternal rest.
Mary, Mother of God, Theotokos, pray for us.
Mary Queen of Peace, pray for us.
Mary, Bride of the Spirit, pray for us.
If anyone has any prophecy, prayers, readings or intercessions I encourage you to please send them to me. Let us share with one another the gifts and inspirations of the Spirit!
Resources
1.Theotokos Prayer Group:
https://www.facebook.com/Theotokos-Prayer-Group-142398089120415
/http://theotokosprayergroup.blogspot.co.uk/
2. Daily Mass readings can be found at:
https://universalis.com/mass.htm
3. Bishops Conference of England and Wales Website -
https://www.cbcew.org.uk
4. Diocese of Hexham & Newcastle Website:
Home - Diocese of Hexham & Newcastle (diocesehn.org.uk)
5. Catholic Charismatic Renewal in England:
http://www.ccr.org.uk/
6. Catholic Charismatic Renewal International
https://www.charis.international/en/home/
7. Celebrate Conference Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/Celebratecommunity/
Events
Next meeting of Theotokos Prayer Group is on 6th December 2022.
Meet at St Mary's Presbytery, Major Street, Stockton on Tees at 7.30PM. All welcome
I'm sorry I haven't been with you for the past few weeks I am recovering from the flu and should be back in circulation for the 13 December 2022. God bless you all. Stephen
Tuesday 29 November 2022
Theotokos Prayer Group 2022 - First Sunday of Advent - 27 November 2022
Gospel
Matthew 24:37-44
The Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘As it was in Noah’s day, so will it be when the Son of Man comes. For in those days before the Flood people were eating, drinking, taking wives, taking husbands, right up to the day Noah went into the ark, and they suspected nothing till the Flood came and swept all away. It will be like this when the Son of Man comes. Then of two men in the fields one is taken, one left; of two women at the millstone grinding, one is taken, one left.
‘So stay awake, because you do not know the day when your master is coming. You may be quite sure of this, that if the householder had known at what time of the night the burglar would come, he would have stayed awake and would not have allowed anyone to break through the wall of his house. Therefore, you too must stand ready because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.’
Come, Lord Jesus come.
The word 'advent' comes from the Latin 'adventus' meaning 'coming' or 'arrival'.
The focus of this first Sunday of Advent is on Jesus' second coming in Glory rather than on his first coming among us in humility.
The focus of this first Sunday of Advent is on Jesus' second coming in Glory rather than on his first coming among us in humility.
Are we prepared for the great day of His second coming?
Are we awake and ready for Him?
Or are we too involved in living in this here and now and all the world offers?
Or are we too involved in living in this here and now and all the world offers?
Lord as we reflect on the humility of Your first coming also help us to look with hope confidence and expectation towards Your second coming in glory power and triumph and in the meantime we pray that You would come into our hearts here and now.
Come, Lord Jesus, come.
Intercessions
Pray for healing for Peter, Mia, Jackie, Nathan, Jessica, Alan Guile, David, Derek and Malcolm.
Pray for all who are grieving give them strength, consolation and healing.
Pray for our Priests and for vocations to the Priesthood.
Pray for lost souls.
Pray for the conversion of the World.
Lord we continue to pray for Peace in Ukraine and throughout the World.
Lord we pray for persecuted Christians throughout the World.
Lord we pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit on all peoples and nations.
Pray for the Holy Souls in Purgatory may they be granted eternal rest.
Mary, Mother of God, Theotokos, pray for us.
Mary Queen of Peace, pray for us.
Mary, Bride of the Spirit, pray for us.
If anyone has any prophecy, prayers, readings or intercessions I encourage you to please send them to me. Let us share with one another the gifts and inspirations of the Spirit!
Resources
1.Theotokos Prayer Group:
https://www.facebook.com/Theotokos-Prayer-Group-142398089120415
/http://theotokosprayergroup.blogspot.co.uk/
2. Daily Mass readings can be found at:
https://universalis.com/mass.htm
3. Bishops Conference of England and Wales Website -
https://www.cbcew.org.uk
4. Diocese of Hexham & Newcastle Website:
Home - Diocese of Hexham & Newcastle (diocesehn.org.uk)
5. Catholic Charismatic Renewal in England:
http://www.ccr.org.uk/
6. Catholic Charismatic Renewal International
https://www.charis.international/en/home/
7. Celebrate Conference Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/Celebratecommunity/
Events
Next meeting of Theotokos Prayer Group is on 29th November 2022.
Meet at St Mary's Presbytery, Major Street, Stockton on Tees at 7.30PM. All welcome
An Update from the CDSC November 2022
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
We look back on our first Vicariate event, “You are my beloved child” on 22 October 2022, with great appreciation for all those in the Cleveland and South Durham Vicariate for helping to make this such a special opportunity to come closer to our Blessed Lord and be more open to His Holy Spirit. Drawing on our experience of working in partnership with the Bethany Prayer Group, we look forward to working with new partners as we plan our next event in the Northumberland Vicariate. If you are in the Northumberland Vicariate, involved with Charismatic Renewal, and would like to contribute to the planning please let us know on charis@diocesehn.org.uk. Please pray for the success of this next event. A new bespoke training programme for those involved in ministries of healing. The Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle is offering a new bespoke training course for those called to accompany people seeking healing. The revised format of the programme focuses on a Catholic, holistic understanding of what it means to be healed exploring the role of the Sacraments, the prayer life of the Church and the power of the Holy Spirit. It gives a grounding in Scripture alongside practical and spiritual training in the art of accompanying and praying with others. It offers good practice guidelines concerning safeguarding and boundaries and helps individuals discern whether this is what God asks of them. More details are available here. Save the date Following this year’s experience of hosting a Mass for Pentecost at St Mary’s Cathedral, Newcastle, we are pleased to announce that we will be hosting a Pentecostal Mass next year at the Cathedral again on Saturday 13th May 2023 at 1:00 pm. More details nearer the time. CDSC Newsletter We are gathering content again for our next newsletter. Please let us know about any opportunities for people to be more open to the Holy Spirit that you would like us to include under “News from the Diocese”.
Congratulations! Congratulations to Pat Kennedy who has been active in promoting Charismatic Renewal for many years, for being awarded a Papal Medal for her services to the Diocese. The medal will be presented at St Mary’s Cathedral at 10:00 am on Saturday 17th December 2022. CDSC Team Conference I and Frank O’Neill will shortly have the privilege of attending a CDSC Team Conference gathering on 19th and 20th November in Northampton. Bishop David Oakley and the CHARIS Coordinating Team for England & Wales will be sharing an update and discussing with Coordinators from across England & Wales how we are to take the mission of CHARIS to the next level in each Diocese. Please pray for the success of this gathering.
Finally, please pray for the soul of Betty McGurk. Betty was active in promoting Charismatic Renewal from the early days. We take great comfort in knowing that Betty will be praying for us and cheering us on.
God bless,
John
John Wheeler |Coordinator Hexham & Newcastle Diocesan Service of Communioncharis@diocesehn.org.uk Vicariate for Faith & Mission Diocese of Hexham and NewcastleTo contact the Administration team:
T: 07375 934713
E: adminfaith.mission@diocesehn.org.ukW: https://diocesehn.org.uk/Administration team, Vicariate for Faith & Mission, Diocese of Hexham and NewcastleSt. Vincent’s Diocesan Offices, St Cuthbert’s House, West Road, Newcastle upon Tyne. NE15 7PY.
Talks from Bishop David Oakley attached
Sunday 20 November 2022
Theotokos Prayer Group 2022 - Sunday 20 November 2022 - Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Gospel
Luke 23:35-43
'Today you will be with me in paradise'
The people stayed there before the cross watching Jesus. As for the leaders, they jeered at him. ‘He saved others,’ they said ‘let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.’ The soldiers mocked him too, and when they approached to offer vinegar they said, ‘If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.’ Above him there was an inscription: ‘This is the King of the Jews.’
One of the criminals hanging there abused him. ‘Are you not the Christ?’ he said. ‘Save yourself and us as well.’ But the other spoke up and rebuked him. ‘Have you no fear of God at all?’ he said. ‘You got the same sentence as he did, but in our case we deserved it: we are paying for what we did. But this man has done nothing wrong. Jesus,’ he said ‘remember me when you come into your kingdom.’ ‘Indeed, I promise you,’ he replied ‘today you will be with me in paradise.’
Notes of Meeting on 15 November 2022
John 12 v 44-50
44 Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me. 45 The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me. 46 I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.
47 “If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day. 49 For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken. 50 I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.”
We are to Trust in Jesus and His Mercy and forgiveness as we move along the way.
A picture of Blessed Mother, she is pregnant and her hand rests on her Immaculate Heart.
"My dear children, come to my Immaculate Heart and there I will draw you each to my Son Jesus. Here in my Heart you learn to pray with open hearts and by doing so, will draw souls to my Son. I speak personally to each of you, because each of you are my true sons and daughters. Now is the time to redouble your efforts in prayer for my Son longs for the lost and fallen to come to Him and repent and so gain there inheritance which is to be with Him in Heaven. Open you hearts and pray deeply from your heart and my Immaculate Heart will magnify and multiply the merits of your endeavours, Your families and all of Mankind will reap the rewards and benefits of this request!
I love you and protect you.
Your Mother Mary"
Intercessions
Pray for healing for Peter, Mia, Jackie, Nathan, Jessica, Alan Guile, David, Derek and Malcolm.
Pray for all who are grieving give them strength, consolation and healing.
Pray for our Priests and for vocations to the Priesthood.
Pray for lost souls.
Pray for the conversion of the World.
Lord we continue to pray for Peace in Ukraine and throughout the World.
Lord we pray for persecuted Christians throughout the World.
Lord we pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit on all peoples and nations.
Pray for the Holy Souls in Purgatory may they be granted eternal rest.
Mary, Mother of God, Theotokos, pray for us.
Mary Queen of Peace, pray for us.
Mary, Bride of the Spirit, pray for us.
If anyone has any prophecy, prayers, readings or intercessions I encourage you to please send them to me. Let us share with one another the gifts and inspirations of the Spirit!
Resources
1.Theotokos Prayer Group:
https://www.facebook.com/Theotokos-Prayer-Group-142398089120415
/http://theotokosprayergroup.blogspot.co.uk/
2. Daily Mass readings can be found at:
https://universalis.com/mass.htm
3. Bishops Conference of England and Wales Website -
https://www.cbcew.org.uk
4. Diocese of Hexham & Newcastle Website:
Home - Diocese of Hexham & Newcastle (diocesehn.org.uk)
5. Catholic Charismatic Renewal in England:
http://www.ccr.org.uk/
6. Catholic Charismatic Renewal International
https://www.charis.international/en/home/
7. Celebrate Conference Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/Celebratecommunity/
Events
Next meeting of Theotokos Prayer Group is on 22 November 2022.
Meet at St Mary's Presbytery, Major Street, Stockton on Tees at 7.30PM. All welcome
An Update from the CDSC November 2022
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
We look back on our first Vicariate event, “You are my beloved child” on 22 October 2022, with great appreciation for all those in the Cleveland and South Durham Vicariate for helping to make this such a special opportunity to come closer to our Blessed Lord and be more open to His Holy Spirit. Drawing on our experience of working in partnership with the Bethany Prayer Group, we look forward to working with new partners as we plan our next event in the Northumberland Vicariate. If you are in the Northumberland Vicariate, involved with Charismatic Renewal, and would like to contribute to the planning please let us know on charis@diocesehn.org.uk. Please pray for the success of this next event.
A new bespoke training programme for those involved in ministries of healing.
The Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle is offering a new bespoke training course for those called to accompany people seeking healing. The revised format of the programme focuses on a Catholic, holistic understanding of what it means to be healed exploring the role of the Sacraments, the prayer life of the Church and the power of the Holy Spirit. It gives a grounding in Scripture alongside practical and spiritual training in the art of accompanying and praying with others. It offers good practice guidelines concerning safeguarding and boundaries and helps individuals discern whether this is what God asks of them. More details are available here. Save the date Following this year’s experience of hosting a Mass for Pentecost at St Mary’s Cathedral, Newcastle, we are pleased to announce that we will be hosting a Pentecostal Mass next year at the Cathedral again on Saturday 13th May 2023 at 1:00 pm. More details nearer the time. CDSC Newsletter We are gathering content again for our next newsletter. Please let us know about any opportunities for people to be more open to the Holy Spirit that you would like us to include under “News from the Diocese”.
Congratulations! Congratulations to Pat Kennedy who has been active in promoting Charismatic Renewal for many years, for being awarded a Papal Medal for her services to the Diocese. The medal will be presented at St Mary’s Cathedral at 10:00 am on Saturday 17th December 2022.
CDSC Team Conference I and Frank O’Neill will shortly have the privilege of attending a CDSC Team Conference gathering on 19th and 20th November in Northampton. Bishop David Oakley and the CHARIS Coordinating Team for England & Wales will be sharing an update and discussing with Coordinators from across England & Wales how we are to take the mission of CHARIS to the next level in each Diocese. Please pray for the success of this gathering.
Finally, please pray for the soul of Betty McGurk. Betty was active in promoting Charismatic Renewal from the early days. We take great comfort in knowing that Betty will be praying for us and cheering us on.
God bless,
John
John Wheeler |Coordinator Hexham & Newcastle Diocesan Service of Communioncharis@diocesehn.org.uk Vicariate for Faith & Mission
Diocese of Hexham and NewcastleTo contact the Administration team:
T: 07375 934713
E: adminfaith.mission@diocesehn.org.ukW: https://diocesehn.org.uk/Administration team, Vicariate for Faith & Mission, Diocese of Hexham and NewcastleSt. Vincent’s Diocesan Offices, St Cuthbert’s House, West Road, Newcastle upon Tyne. NE15 7PY.
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